• (a.) Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization.
A crystal system with two axes unequal in length at right angles to one another and a third axes of unequal length which is not at right angles to the plane of the other two.
Mon`o·clin'ic adjective [ Mono- + Greek ... to incline.] (Crystallog.) Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization . 
Type: Term Pronunciation: mon′ō-klin′ik Definitions: 1. Relating to crystals with a single oblique inclination.
Monoclinic refers to a crystal with six faces and three axes of unequal length. Two axes are at right angles to each other and the third is inclined to the plane of the other two. A ream of paper with a long edge sloped at an angle is an example.
[adj] - (crystallography) having three unequal crystal axes with one oblique intersection
(see crystal systems) Crystals forming in the monoclinic system have 1 two fold axis of symmetry. Reference axes are of different lengths.
adjective having three unequal crystal axes with one oblique intersection; `monoclinic system`
In the monoclinic system, the crystal is described by three vectors of unequal length. Two pairs of vectors are perpendicular, while the third pair make an angle other than 90
noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization in which the crystals have three unequal axes, with one oblique intersection. Cf.